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BitBasher posted:How do you drop in manually without taking damage getting knocked out of cruise? Set your throttle to minimum when you get close 
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BitBasher posted:How do you drop in manually without taking damage getting knocked out of cruise? Slowly.
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Feb 12, 2017 17:45
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BitBasher posted:How do you drop in manually without taking damage getting knocked out of cruise? Just be under 1000 km/s when you hit the ring and you'll drop like any other normal supercruise drop.
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Feb 12, 2017 17:47
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Asproigerosis posted:Why does the game keep spawning pirates anywhere I try to drop on this dumb ring I just want to tickle rocks damnit. Yes this is stupid as gently caress and afaik there's no way to avoid their spawns. Either you move away from where you spawn faster than they can chase you or have no cargo with you.
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Feb 12, 2017 18:29
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Lima posted:Set your throttle to minimum when you get close Voyeur posted:Slowly. Natsuumi posted:Just be under 1000 km/s when you hit the ring and you'll drop like any other normal supercruise drop. Thanks, I've just been careening into them headlong every time since you can't set them as a destination!
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Feb 12, 2017 19:45
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BitBasher posted:I've just been careening into them headlong every time elite_dangerous.txt Works perfectly with enemy ships, black holes, stations, belts — less so with neutron stars. On that front, 30 more down, about 100 to go… Is there a pill you can get against discovery-credit-magpie-OCD? Also, I've noticed that these things do some pretty odd stuff with how the terraforming potentials of planets are calculated. Take this system, for instance. The red dwarf sits some 50kLs away from the neutron star; its planets sit at anywhere from 300–4,000 Ls away. Of all the planets in the system, only three are not candidates for terraforming: the gas giant (duh), the lava planet (also duh), and the one that sits within what would normally be the goldilocks-zone for an M-class. Even the planet without atmosphere is somehow a candidate. I've seen this behaviour crop up in numerous neutron systems, for some reason. I think Stellar Forge might be a bit drunk… Tippis fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Feb 12, 2017 |
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Feb 12, 2017 20:33
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Chrysophylax posted:Yes this is stupid as gently caress and afaik there's no way to avoid their spawns. Either you move away from where you spawn faster than they can chase you or have no cargo with you. Destroy them and then mine in peace, you'll also make more money from the dead pirates than from whatever you've mined.
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Feb 12, 2017 20:40
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Do any stations or whatever specialize in ground exploration missions? It's been so long I don't really remember how missions even work. (edit) Also any recommended 360/XB1 controller profiles/settings? Ciaphas fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Feb 12, 2017 |
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Feb 12, 2017 20:59
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Ciaphas posted:(edit) Also any recommended 360/XB1 controller profiles/settings? This but ps4 controller profiles/settings recommendations please
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Feb 12, 2017 21:30
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My opinion is that space taxi is far more profitable and efficient compared to mining.
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Feb 12, 2017 23:36
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For 360/XB1/DS4 controller settings, I just use "default context" or something like that, one of the presets. Whenever you hold down one of the face buttons for more then a second, it'll even pop up a little HUD showing you what all the combinations with that button will do. I think I changed like one button out of the default settings to give me a "throttle to zero" button.
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Feb 13, 2017 00:38
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BitBasher posted:How do you drop in manually without taking damage getting knocked out of cruise? Fly close to the ring, slow down and double tap your fsd key.
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Feb 13, 2017 04:02
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Krycek posted:Fly close to the ring, slow down and double tap your fsd key. Don't double tap. If you're slow enough, just a single tap is all it takes. I don't know what happens if you're slow enough and double-tap, but if you're not slow enough, then you'll do the emergency stop and damage yourself.
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Morter posted:Don't double tap.
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Morningwoodpecker posted:Destroy them and then mine in peace, you'll also make more money from the dead pirates than from whatever you've mined. That's kind of not happening depending on what you're taking out to mine with The point is that dropping on a random spot in a random ring somewhere shouldn't auto generate pirates. If I could handle combat I'd be mining at a RES instead. Chrysophylax fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Feb 13, 2017 16:01
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Chrysophylax posted:That's kind of not happening depending on what you're taking out to mine with Maximizing profit is great right up till the rebuy screen, it's cheaper and much more profitable to go mining twice in a ship that can fight.
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Feb 13, 2017 18:41
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Morningwoodpecker posted:Maximizing profit is great right up till the rebuy screen, it's cheaper and much more profitable to go mining twice in a ship that can fight. You keep missing the point. Sometimes people don't want to fight, don't want to be forced into a fight, especially not one as convoluted as forced pirate spawns in the middle of nowhere
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If you leave the bubble and hit up an belt or a ring, do pirates spawn there too? This wouldn't be a practical alternative but I'm curious how far ~brabens~ vision takes that ridiculous mechanic. What I really want to know is what scanners do pirates get to equip that tells them where miners are hiding because they're obviously far more powerful than anything we get.
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Feb 13, 2017 19:51
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Chrysophylax posted:You keep missing the point. Sometimes people don't want to fight, don't want to be forced into a fight, especially not one as convoluted as forced pirate spawns in the middle of nowhere No I get the point you've been repeatedly complaining about it after all, it just doesn't bother me as I fit my ships for offensive/defensive first then treat cargo/passengers/exploration/mining/mission running as a secondary less important thing. I probably make less on a mining run than you (even taking all the bounties I claim into account), but I very rarely see the re-buy screen. So it's probably a more lucrative, varied and interesting way to mine.
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Zigmidge posted:If you leave the bubble and hit up an belt or a ring, do pirates spawn there too? This wouldn't be a practical alternative but I'm curious how far ~brabens~ vision takes that ridiculous mechanic. Sometimes. I've been 5k ly out and still see NPC system security spawn in belts.
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Feb 13, 2017 20:53
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Mike the TV posted:Sometimes. I've been 5k ly out and still see NPC system security spawn in belts. I haven't looked in the belts, but I still come across a surprising amount of parked NPC ship on planets some 20k out… so yeah.
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Feb 13, 2017 21:07
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E: not worth the bother, really
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Elite Dangerous: Horizons - not worth the bother, really
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I just turned this game back on after a long hiatus and took my asp explorer out for a spin. I almost burned up jumping in to a binary star system. There seems to have been a lot of graphical improvements. What's the quickest way to make money right now? I only have about 3mil. Are any of the community goals worth it?
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adamantium|wang posted:Elite Dangerous: Horizons - not worth the bother, really
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Blind Rasputin posted:I just turned this game back on after a long hiatus and took my asp explorer out for a spin. I almost burned up jumping in to a binary star system. There seems to have been a lot of graphical improvements. Any community goal (that has a reasonable chance to end on a high tier) in which you end in the top 50% will probably double if not triple your net worth so yes. Besides that, anything makes decent money these days unless you want top tier ships that are 100+ millions. I don't know what exploits are currently available if any, but passenger missions are some of the best paying and the Asp is the perfect ship for it so I would start there.
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Oh cool. I didn't know the asp could do passenger missions. Which modules do I need to swap out to do them well? Man, the new witch space is so good.
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Asproigerosis posted:My opinion is that space taxi is far more profitable and efficient compared to mining. I've been having a good run just taking cargo courier jobs and bouncing from station to station. Wanted to get some money socked up for when I really dive into ship upgrades and engineering poo poo, and with a podcast or let's play or something playing for background noise, the money adds up surprisingly fast. That grade 5 FSD jump range upgrade is so drat good.
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Chrysophylax posted:You keep missing the point. Sometimes people don't want to fight, don't want to be forced into a fight, especially not one as convoluted as forced pirate spawns in the middle of nowhere B-b-but just build a tank and bounty hunt, maaaaan. Why would you want to play a role that interests you when you could just do the easiest thing instead??? Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Blind Rasputin posted:Oh cool. I didn't know the asp could do passenger missions. Which modules do I need to swap out to do them well? Just buy a size 5 or 6 first class passenger cabin, a fuel scoop of your favorite size, 5A FSD drive and get ready to travel. Missions range from ferrying people to the system next door to 5000 ly away, or say 3x 100 ly trips to tourist attractions.
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Chrysophylax posted:You keep missing the point. Sometimes people don't want to fight, don't want to be forced into a fight, especially not one as convoluted as forced pirate spawns in the middle of nowhere It's not totally convoluted, the pirate is just following your wake down (after magically appearing following your descent). Maybe get someone in a combat ship to escort you. They can screw off to a res site once they deal with your followers. I think you could also wait to start mining until the pirate gets bored.
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What's the cheapest ship that can carry passengers? I own a viper mk3 I can sell because I don't like combat anyway, a cobra mk3, and I think a cobra mk4 I had set up for mining.
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vorebane posted:It's not totally convoluted, the pirate is just following your wake down (after magically appearing following your descent). Maybe get someone in a combat ship to escort you. They can screw off to a res site once they deal with your followers. I think you could also wait to start mining until the pirate gets bored. Nah it's totally predictable and they spawn right behind you in the worst gamey way possible
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Mr. Crow posted:Nah it's totally predictable and they spawn right behind you in the worst gamey way possible Remember that time that the first person got to the center of the galaxy, jumped in and there was an npc in a sidewinder already there? lmao
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Ciaphas posted:What's the cheapest ship that can carry passengers? I own a viper mk3 I can sell because I don't like combat anyway, a cobra mk3, and I think a cobra mk4 I had set up for mining. The cheapest ship able to carry passengers is the trusty old Sidewinder. Your Cobras are good to go already. Take your MK4 if you want to carry more passengers or your MK3 if you want to travel faster.
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I decided to burn all of my ships except my Cobra 3 and Cobra 4, and bought an AspE and a mishmash of light parts. Need to get some money back before I go Space Mad, though, not comfortable only having one rebuy's worth 
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Ciaphas posted:I decided to burn all of my ships except my Cobra 3 and Cobra 4, and bought an AspE and a mishmash of light parts. Need to get some money back before I go Space Mad, though, not comfortable only having one rebuy's worth Well, if you want to make some money first with passengers, always remember you don't need to risk your expensive new Asp.
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If I'm out exploring, can I always tell right away from the system map which planets can be landed on, or do I have to go to and scan them to find out for uninhabited ones?
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Feb 14, 2017 04:22
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Ciaphas posted:If I'm out exploring, can I always tell right away from the system map which planets can be landed on, or do I have to go to and scan them to find out for uninhabited ones? You can always tell landables. They have the blue circle around them. What you can't see if the surface map until you actually scan it.
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Mr. Crow posted:Nah it's totally predictable and they spawn right behind you in the worst gamey way possible Sure the implementation is crap but it's totally conceivable for a pirate to follow your wake down. You just magically never notice him while in fsd.
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